"I thought that was really a positive thing for our team," head coach Tad Boyle said of leaning on some of the supporting cast in a big game. "It speaks to our bench and the progress that they have made over the last couple of weeks."

Roberson, who sparked a key 7-0 run with an artistic reverse layup high off the glass, had plenty of help as the Buffs cruised to their third consecutive victory.

Askia Booker finished with 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting, Xavier Johnson scored a career-high 18 points and Dinwiddie (16 points) closed out the visitors by making eight free throws in the final minute.

"Very important," Dinwiddie said of CU's home sweep of the Bay Area teams. "To say you don't look at the standings would be a lie. You don't focus on them, but you look at them."

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The Buffs were looking up at most of their peers after a 1-4 start to conference play. The team is now sixth in the standings with an attainable road win available Saturday at Utah.

"The fact that we are .500, given the fact that we were 1-4, is a really positive sign," Boyle said. "But we're not happy being 4-4. We have to win the next game and keep scratching and clawing and move our way up."

A drive by Johnson, which was assisted brilliantly by Sabatino Chen, gave CU a 58-40 cushion with just more than nine minutes remaining.

The 6-6 freshman finished 7-for-10 from the field, 4-for-4 from the free throw line and collected 12 rebounds with Roberson limited to 22 minutes of court time.

"Andre is a big part of our rebounding. I felt like I needed to help him in rebounding while he was on the bench," said Johnson, who was responsible for five of CU's 20 turnovers. "We need to be more careful with the ball. We can't just turn the ball over like that."

Allen Crabbe sparked the listless visitors with a 3-pointer and a layup during a 7-0 spurt to start the second half after going 1-for-7 from the field during the first 20 minutes. The Pac-12's leading scorer splashed two consecutive 3-pointers to slice the deficit to 65-54 with 4:06 left.

Justin Cobbs scored 12 points in the last 3:29 and the Bears clawed to within eight points, but Dinwiddie kept the game from really getting interesting by knocking down his foul shots.

Cobbs (22 points) and Crabbe (21), the conference's best one-two scoring punch, were a combined 18-for-41 from the field.

"Those guys are tremendous athletes, they can shoot from anywhere on the floor and create their own shots," Booker said. "We have to contest their shots the best we can. They're going to knock down difficult shots and if they make them, they make them. When they do, we have to come down and score and be really efficient on offense, which I feel we were."

The Buffs shot a blistering 59.6 percent from the field and appeared to be in control at halftime with a 34-18 lead.

Even with CU's best defensive player watching from the bench, Cal made just 7 of 34 (20.6 percent) field goals before the intermission.

Roberson, coming off a 20-rebound performance in the 75-54 victory on Thursday against Stanford, was whistled for two quick fouls on one possession and took a seat.

The Buffs seized a 14-5 lead after back-to-back 3-pointers by Booker.

Neither team scored a point for 4:36 (15 possessions), and then Johnson started to heat up, scoring eight points to help CU extend its cushion to 13 points.

Shane Harris-Tunks chipped in with a field goal and took a charge as the Buffs led 30-15.

Booker (13 points) and Johnson (10) were both in double figures at the intermission while Cobbs paced the visitors with six points on 3-for-10 shooting.

CU will hit the road for its next three games starting in Salt Lake City against the Utes.

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